ISLAMABAD: Informa­tion Minister Pervaiz Rashid informed Senate on Thursday that the Chief Justice of Pakistan was drawing a monthly salary of Rs591,651.

The other judges of the Supreme Court were getting Rs558,907 a month. All the judges of the court were also getting a judicial allowance of Rs259,009.

The minister said the judges were given official residences maintained by the government, complete with provision of electricity, gas and water, and free medical facility for them and their families.

Interestingly, they also get Rs68,000 as house rent and medical allowance of 15 per cent of their salaries as on June 6, 2011, when they used to get a salary of Rs368,186 per month.

They get two chauffeur-driven cars, one each at their principal seats and the provincial headquarters, along with 600 litres of petrol each month.

While on tour on official business, they are entitled to Rs5,000 per diem as travelling and daily allowance.

The minister was answering a question put by PPP Senator Saeed Ghani, who had sought information about the chief justices who had retired since 1985, along with details of their pension, allowances and other fringe benefits, such as servants, official accommodation, plots, vehicles and utility bills allowable to them, and the facilities actually provided to them.

Because the answer given by the minister was not deemed adequate, the question was deferred with instructions to the concerned ministry for provision of the information sought.

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Richest Judges of poor country. Shocking!!!! They are getting Rs68,000 as house rent even they have been provided official residences. What a system we have....!!!!!

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Sleepless

Oct 31, 2014 08:52am

Why is it that the judges are getting house rent, when they are being provided free accomodation by the government?

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Eidmubarac

Oct 31, 2014 09:10am

Shameful and unjust. These people will never allow any change.

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Syed

Oct 31, 2014 09:17am

The judiciary really needs the salaries !? I mean they are already paid quite well under the table.

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rakrl

Oct 31, 2014 09:24am

Judges and lawyers, teacher, police, army, revenue, bankers, utility services providers should be paid on the higher side to avoid corruption and in case of their involvement in corruption they should be removed from service with severe punishment to work as labor for building canals/ well in deserts and building roads in hilly area.

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Zahid

Oct 31, 2014 09:27am

They are getting all these perks and privileges just to hand down injustices, spread judicial harassment and innocent people be subjected to judicial highhandedness!

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Patriot

Oct 31, 2014 09:33am

Please also ask about Iftikhar Chaudhary's son corruption.

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K Alam

Oct 31, 2014 09:42am

I think this salary is like peanuts when compared with the fees of SC or High court Advocates. They should get a monetizied salary instead of providing them government residences etc.

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imad

Oct 31, 2014 09:49am

That seems to be very high salary for the judges ..

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rakrl

Oct 31, 2014 10:07am

Judges and lawyers, teacher, police, army, revenue, bankers, utility services providers should be paid on the higher to avoid corruption and in case of their involvement in corruption they should be removed from service with severe punishment to work as labor for building canals/ well in deserts and building roads in hilly area.

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malik

Oct 31, 2014 06:42pm

This is so sad and unjust and they still get summer vacations!!! This is why the corrupt families in power cater to them and spoil them so that they can all eat from the same trough. This is not justice but corruption.The poor people of Pakistan get no justice from either the lower or higher courts, the judges get all the perks and the corrupt walk away with murder and corruption. I say we hang all of them and make the families pay back all the perks they are not entitled t.